Akai S900

Akai S900

The S900 sampler was Akai's first truly professional sampler, released
in 1986. Its sampling specifications were pro-quality at the time:
12-bit stereo sampling, 7.5kHz to 40kHz variable sampling rates and a
maximum of 63 seconds of sample time at 7.5kHz. Up to 32 samples can be
created and stored to disk along with any edit settings. This was one of
the first rack-mount samplers to use a built-in disk drive. Although the
drive could load sounds while you play, it was still a very slow
process.

Editing and programming the S900 is a very good precursor to the
advanced S3000 series. There are lots of
advanced edit capabilities for looping, truncating, velocity
crossfading, tuning and even analog-like parameters to control.
Individual outputs for each of the eight voices, stereo mix out, stereo
input, MIDI and trigger inputs round out this machine as a professional
vintage-status sampler that still proves to be very useful even for
today's musicians!

Akai S950

The S950 soon followed the S900 and offered increased memory and
sampling rates. The sample rate was now variable from 7.5 to 48kHz and
it could hold up to 99 samples in memory. Memory could be expanded from
750KB to 2.25MB. The S950 is used by Fatboy Slim, Moby, Skinny
Puppy, Depeche Mode, Future Sound of London, Sneaker Pimps, The Bomb
Squad, Dr. Dre, DJ Premiere, Prince Paul, Vangelis, Digable Planets, A Guy Called Gerald and Asian Dub Foundation.

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